8) Who was appointed as the Governor of
Haryana by President Pranab Mukhejee on 25 July 2014?

Ans.
Kaptan Singh Solanki

9) Name the Olympic Gold medalist who on 25
July 2014 won the Gold medal in Men’s 10-m Air Rifle event at the 2014
Commonwealth Games in Glasgow?

Ans.
Abhinav Bindra

10) President of India, Pranab Mukherjee on
24 July 2014 inaugurated the President’s Estate Branch of which bank and
Rashtrapati Bhavan Post Office in their new buildings?Visit: www.currentaffairs4examz.com

Ans.
United Bank of India

Note: Bank and Post Office were relocated from a heritage
building as part of measures to implement the Comprehensive Conservation
Management Plan for the President’s Estate. Rashtrapati Bhavan Post Office
caters to the needs of President’s Secretariat as well as residents of the
President’s Estate.

11) Who was sworn in as 22nd Governor of
West Bengal on 24 July 2014?

Ans.
Keshari Nath Tripathi

12) Who was sworn in as 27th Governor of
Uttar Pradesh in Lucknow on 22 July 2014?

15) Union Government recently allocated
...... crore rupees to NABARD for setting up of Mega Food Parks to promote food
processing industry in the country?

Ans.
200 crore

16) Who was appointed as the Chairman of
Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) recently?

Ans.
Y Sudharshan Rao

17) Name the World Bank President who on 21
July 2014 arrived in India on a three-day visit?

Ans.
Jim Yong Kim

18) Which state was selected for a pilot
project under a sponsored programme of the Union Government to train Principals
and Headmasters of government schools on 23 July 2014?

Ans.
Himachal Pradesh

19) Internet search engine giant Google on
22 July 2014 announced to launch its which language version of Google Maps?

Ans.
Hindi

20) Name the classical music reality show
of Doordarshan which will be featured in Limca Book of Records shortly?

Ans.
Naad Bhed-The Mystery of Sound

Note: The reality show will be featured under Television Chapter
in Limca Book of Records for being the first ever National level reality show
on Classical Music.

21) Name the exercise which started on 24
July 2014 in the Pacific Ocean featuring Indian, Japanese and US Navy?

Ans.
Malabar Naval Exercise

23) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 19 July
2014 suggested certain qualitative changes in the functioning of Prime
Minister's National Relief Fund (PMNRF). Suggested changes will target the
selection of beneficiaries and will give priority to?

Ans.
The poor and children

24) Union Government in the third week of
July 2014 notified Public Servants (Furnishing of Information and Annual Return
of Assets and Liabilities and the Limits for Exemption of Assets in Filing
Returns) Rules, 2014. This was notified in line with which Act?

Note: As per the Public Servants Rules 2014, it has been made
mandatory for all Government employees to file declarations of their assets and
liabilities and those of their spouses and dependent children.

25) Who won the Indonesian presidential
elections on 22 July 2014?

Ans.
Joko Widodo

Note: He was presently the governor of Jakarta and he won the
election with 53 percent of the vote casted in favour of him.

26) Who is the present Union Civil Aviation
Minister?

Ans.
Ashok Gajapathi Raju

27) National Geographic on 22 July 2014
launched a special edition of ...... magazines for schoolchildren in India?

Ans.
Explorer magazines

28) Name the Air Algerie plane which went
missing over Gao in Mali in Africa on 24 July 2014?

Ans.
Boeing MD-83

29) Supreme Court on 25 July 2014 appointed
whom as the Special Public Prosecutor for trial in coal blocks allocation scam?

Ans.
R S Cheema

30) Name the veteran Journalist who died on
19 July 2014?

Ans.
Sundaram Sankaran

31) Name the typhoon which the struck east
of Taiwan on 22 July 2014?

Ans.
Typhoon Matmo

32) Indian Contingent won five medals in
45th International Physics Olympiad (IPHO2014) held from 13 July to 21 July
2014 at?